Aunt Sallie’s 80th Birthday Party

23 January 2009 by ben.

Aunt Sallie

Last Sunday, Kim, Bonnie, Sandy and I drove to Eugene, Oregon, to help celebrate my aunt’s birthday.  Her children and grandchildren, esp. Georgi, Mike, and Margaret (and others I’m sure!) hosted a gathering of about 100 family and friends at a church meeting hall which was only a few blocks from their old family home on Park Avenue.  All seven of Aunt Sallie’s children attended, as did her two nieces and nephew of her brother George who passed away a few years ago.  I’d never met Uncle George’s children and I had not seen several of Aunt Sallie’s kids since 1971.  So in a way, this party also felt like a reunion.  Afterwards, many of us met in cousin Corey’s motel room for several more hours to get caught up on family and life in general. Read the rest of this entry »

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